Chapter 9.32 — TRUCK ROUTES

The following designated streets are declared to constitute truck routes within the City of Tulare. (A) Avenue 200 (Rankin Avenue), the entire length within the city limits; (B) Bardsley Avenue, the entire length within the city limits; (C) Blackstone Drive, the entire length within the city limits; (D) Blackstone Street, the entire length within the city limits; (E) Cartmill Avenue, the entire length within the city limits; (F) Cross Avenue, from the intersection of J Street to the intersection of M Street; (G) H Street, from the intersection of Bardsley Avenue to the intersection of Cedar Avenue; (H) Hillman Street, the entire length within the city limits; (I) I Street, from the intersection of Inyo Avenue to the intersection of Alpine Avenue; (J) I Street, from the intersection of Bardsley Avenue to the south city limits; (K) J Street, from the intersection of K Street to the north city limits; (L) K Street, from the intersection of Tulare Avenue to the intersection of Cross Avenue; (M) Laspina Street, from the intersection of Paige Avenue to the south city limits; (N) Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, from the intersection of K Street to State Route 99; (O) M Street, from the intersection of Tulare Avenue to the intersection of Cross Avenue; (P) M Street, from the intersection of Inyo Avenue to the intersection of Owens Avenue; (Q) Mooney Boulevard, from the intersection of Tulare Avenue to the south city limits; (R) O Street, from the intersection of Owens Avenue to the intersection of Continental Avenue; (S) Paige Avenue, the entire length within the city limits; (T) Prosperity Avenue, the entire length within the city limits; (U) State Route 63, the entire length within the city limits; (V) State Route 137, the entire length within the city limits; (W) Tulare Drive, the entire length within the city limits; (X) Turner Drive, the entire length within the city limits; and (Y) West Street, the entire length within the city limits. (1995 Code, § 9.32.010) (Ord. 95-1753, passed - -1995)

The City Council, by ordinance, shall establish appropriate streets to be designated as a truck route, to be consistent with the circulation element of the General Plan. The Police Chief and the City Engineer shall identify, by signs, through traffic routes for the movement of vehicles of two or more tons capacity involved in the carrying of merchandise, freight or materials. (1995 Code, § 9.32.020)

When any such through traffic routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, it shall be unlawful for any operator of any vehicle mentioned in § 9.32.020 to drive on any other route in the city except when it is impractical to do otherwise, or except when it is necessary for such vehicles to traverse another street to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading, but in such case only by such deviation from the nearest truck route as is reasonably necessary. (1995 Code, § 9.32.030)